A fleet of Santas march through Manhattan for America’s 110th Annual Sidewalk Santa Parade, animal rights activist in Vienna simulate medical tests, a naked man brings central London traffic to a standstill by climbing to the top of the statue of Prince George outside the Ministry of Defence and more in today’s daily brief.

A female moose feeds in a meadow in Banff National Park near Lake Louise, Alberta. (Andy Clark/Reuters)

Jasmine Britton, 18, of Huntington Beach rests while shopping at the Los Cerreitos Center mall on Black Friday in Cerritos, California. Black Friday, the day following the Thanksgiving Day holiday, has traditionally been the busiest shopping day in the United States. (Bret Hartman/Reuters)

A half-demolished apartment building standing in the middle of a newly-built road thanks to a Chinese couple that refused to move in Wenling, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province. Luo Baogen, 67, and his 65-year-old wife have waged a four-year battle to receive more than the 41,300 USD compensation offered by the local government of Daxi, a Chinese newspaper said. The phenomenon is called a “nail house” in China, as such buildings stick out and are difficult to remove, like a stubborn nail. (Getty Images)A half-demolished apartment building standing in the middle of a newly-built road thanks to a Chinese couple that refused to move in Wenling, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province. Luo Baogen, 67, and his 65-year-old wife have waged a four-year battle to receive more than the 41,300 USD compensation offered by the local government of Daxi, a Chinese newspaper said. The phenomenon is called a “nail house” in China, as such buildings stick out and are difficult to remove, like a stubborn nail. (Getty Images)standing

A rainbow is seen over the Galata bridge and Galata Tower after a rainy day in Istanbul. (Mira/Getty Images)

A group of displaced Congolese gather around fish being smoked in Mugunga in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Fresh fighting yesterday between M23 rebels and government troops in Sake caused tens of thousands to flee the area yesterday, taking refuge in Mugunga. The M23 rebels on Tuesday captured Goma, and a day later the nearby town of Sake, displacing tens of thousands of people and raising concerns of a looming humanitarian catastrophe in the area, which has a long history of unrest. (Phil Moore/Getty Images)

A Christmas animated shop window of the Galleries Lafayette department store is seen in Paris. (Miguel Medina/Getty Images)

A Palestinian boy plays in a demolished car in Gaza City. Israel and its Hamas foes are each claiming gains from a week of fighting in and around Gaza, but analysts doubt if the army of a sovereign state can ever score a conclusive win against an irregular force rooted in its local community. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABEDMOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT: TOPSHOTS

Philippine journalists and students carry mock coffins as they march towards Malacanang Palace in Manila to commemorate the third anniversary of the November 23 Maguindanao massacre. Dozens of members of a clan whose leaders are on trial for the Philippines’ worst political massacre are candidates in 2013 elections, some for the president’s party, media and rights groups said November 23. The revelations sparked outrage on the three-year anniversary of the massacre, in which 58 people died, with critics saying the Ampatuan family’s enduring political influence underlined the country’s “culture of impunity.” (Noel Celis/Getty Images)

Indian farmer Lala Rabha (L), 37, and his wife carry rice harvest at Daranggiri village, some 100km west of Guwahati on November 23, 2012. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO) has revised upwards India’s rice production to 100 million tons (MT) in the 2012-13 crop year on the back of revival of rains in August and September. (Biju Boro/Getty Images)

Best Buy employees let in some of the first shoppers on in Naples, Florida. Although controversial, many big retail stores have again decided to get a head start this year for Black Friday and open on Thanksgiving Day or at midnight instead of the traditional dawn Friday opening time. Black Friday is the official start of the holiday shopping season and the busiest shopping day of the year form many retailers. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Volunteers put on Santa suits before marching through Midtown Manhattan during the Volunteers of America’s 110th Annual Sidewalk Santa Parade in New York. What has now become an annual tradition, over 50 fully suited Volunteers of America’s Sidewalk Santas take to the streets of Manhattan the morning after Thanksgiving to raise money for those in need. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)

Some dozens of Santas march through Midtown Manhattan during the Volunteers of America’s 110th Annual Sidewalk Santa Parade in New York. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)

Some dozens of Santas ring their bells while marching through Midtown Manhattan during the Volunteers of America’s 110th Annual Sidewalk Santa Parade in New York. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)

A model presents a dress made of chocolate and macaroons on November 22, 2012 in Cannes, Southeastern France, during a fashion show for the inauguration of Cannes international chocolate fair. The event runs until November 25, 2012. (Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images)

Buddhist monks attend the opening ceremony of the seventh congress of Vietnam’s Buddhist Sangha Association in Hanoi. More than 1,000 Buddhist monks and nuns have gathered in Hanoi for a four-day national congress from November 21 to 24. (Kham/Reuters)

Buddhist believers dressed as the Yaksas, known as the 12 heavenly generals in Buddhist mythology, march before the opening ceremony of the seventh congress of Vietnam’s Buddhist Sangha Association in Hanoi. (Kham/Reuters)

A French riot gendarme reacts after being covered with lime during clashes with demonstrators during an evacuation operation on land that will become the new airport in Notre-Dame-des-Landes, western France. The new airport, some 30km (19 miles) from Nantes, is scheduled to be constructed for 2017. (Stephane Mahe/Reuters)

The mummy of Tutankhamen lies in the tomb of the king at theâ Valley of the Kings in Luxor November 22, 2012. The city celebrates in November the 90th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb. (Asmaa Waguih/Reuters)

Members of the animal rights activist group Verein gegen Tierfabriken (Association against animal factories) prepare to simulate medical tests during a protest against animal experiments in Vienna. (Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters)

Members of the animal rights activist group Verein gegen Tierfabriken (Association against animal factories) simulate medical tests during a protest against animal experiments in Vienna (Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters)

Members of the animal rights activist group Verein gegen Tierfabriken (Association against animal factories) simulate medical tests during a protest against animal experiments in Vienna. (Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters)

Xing Yiying and Wang Wenna of China dive to win the gold medal in the women’s syncronised 10m platform during the 9th Asian Swimming Championships in Dubai. (Marwan Naamani/AFP/Getty Images)

A naked man climbs down from a statue in Whitehall as police cordon the area off in London, England. The man was detained by police after the incident in central London which brought traffic to a standstill as Police attempted to talk the man down from the Duke of Cambridge statue outside the Ministry of Defence building. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

A naked man stands at the top of a statue in Whitehall as police cordon the area off in London, England. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

A naked man gestures on a statue in Whitehall, central London. The man posed on a statue of Prince George, the Duke of Cambridge, in front of onlookers for nearly three hours on Friday before he was coaxed down and put into the back of a police van shortly after 3pm. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)

An unidentified man sits naked on top of the statue of Prince George, Duke of Cambridge outside the Ministry of Defence building in Whitehall in central London. The man, who brought Whitehall to a standstill for almost two hours, stood naked on the statue and struck various poses before being eventually talked down. (Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images)

An Indian herder walks with his camels in a sandy path as they near the camel fair grounds in the outskirts of the small town of Pushkar. Thousands of livestock traders from the region come to the traditional camel fair where livestock, mainly camels, are traded. This annual five-day camel and livestock fair is one of the world’s largest camel fairs. (Roberto SchmidtAFP/Getty Images)

A Kashmiri Shitte muslim runs after setting his hand on fire during a clash with Indian police in Srinagar as devotees defy restrictions for a Muharram procession. Authorities imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir, to thwart planned Muharram processions as police detained more than a dozen protesters and fired teargas to disperse participants. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)

Heavy fog covers the silhouette of Dresden (L-R: the Hofkirche (Sanctissimae Trinitatis Catholic Church of the Royal Court of Saxony), the Castle and the equestrian sculpture of King John) in Dresden, eastern Germany. (Robert Michael/AFP/Getty Images)

Egyptian supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Morsi clash in the Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria. Opponents set fire to Muslim Brotherhood offices in three Egyptian cities, state television reported, as rival rallies gathered nationwide a day after Morsi assumed sweeping powers. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)

A Shi’ite Muslim man is reflected in a mirror as he flagellates himself during a Muharram procession ahead of Ashura in Amroha, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Ashura is a 10-day-long event where Shi’ite Muslims commemorate the death of Prophet Mohammad’s grandson Imam Hussein in battle in 680AD. (Adnan Abidi/Reuters)

A Shi’ite Muslim man uses a knife to gash a child’s head during a Muharram procession ahead of Ashura in Amroha, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Ashura is a 10-day-long event where Shi’ite Muslims commemorate the death of Prophet Mohammad’s grandson Imam Hussein in battle in 680AD. (Adnan Abidi/Reuters)

Snowboarder Bryce Macdermott of Calgary arrives for a day of carving on the mountain during a snow storm in Lake Louise, Alberta. (Mike Blake/Reuters)

A Congolese lady carrying her child walks past a dead soldier on the road from Sake towards Minova in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Fresh fighting yesterday between M23 rebels and government troops in Sake caused tens of thousands to flee the area yesterday, taking refuge in Mugunga. (Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images)

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